Being an impoverished artist, I just cut mine open with my Gerber pocket
knife.

You can too.   8-)

Jake

On 5/7/07, Matt Roberds <mattroberds@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > From:    Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
> > Date:    Mon, 7 May 2007 11:26:37 -0700
> >
> > Another thing I've learned from my racecar motors is that cutting open
> > your old oil filter and checking for metal specks is good practice.
>
> The airplane people do this as a regular thing.  The tool is basically
> like a giant tubing cutter - a little cutting wheel that you rotate
> against the side of the filter - so you can get through the metal
> without putting lots of additional metal bits into the filter.
>
> Like everything else associated with airplanes, it ain't cheap.
> http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/to/oilfiltertools.html shows
> various kinds.  A local hot-rod shop may also carry this kind of tool.
>
> If you have access to a lathe with chuck jaws big enough to hold your
> oil filter, you can also cut them open that way.
>
> Matt Roberds
>

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Jake
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